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Reception - St Catherine

Reception Curriculum

New Parents Meeting Powerpoint

Staff

Class Teacher: Mrs Watson

Early Years Wider Team: Miss D'Orleans

Curriculum Information

Early Years Curriculum Information 2024-25

Reception Spring 2025 Curriculum Information

Reception High Frequency Words

Homework

All children from Reception to Year 2 will be asked to read at home at least 4 x a week and for this to be recorded, by parents, in their reading records.

Class teachers from Reception to Year 2 will send home a list of high frequency words which should be read through and practised at least once a week.

Every half term, class teachers will create and upload a menu of activities to be completed over the course of the half term. These will be a range of tasks and will include 1 x Maths, 1 x English, 2 x Communication & Language, 2x Physical Development, 2x Personal, Social and Emotional, 1x Understanding of the World, 1x Expressive Art and Design.

Key Information

Reading Books

In Reception school reading books are changed weekly. Your child will be allocated a book change day. Children will receive one guided reading book and one free read that is matched to their phonic ability. If there is no signature in your child's Reading Record we will assume you have not had a chance to read with your child. Please record the text title(s) in your child's reading record.

Our P.E. day is on Tuesday. Please ensure your child wears suitable footwear that are easy for them to run in on Tuesdays. Long hair needs to be tied back and earrings are not allowed to be worn in school at any time.

Forest School

Our Forest School day is every other Thursday afternoon. Please make sure your child has their forest school kit (puddle suit) and wellies in school.

Weekly Learning

Autumn1 Week 1

Our school celebrated St. Rose's Feast Day, giving everyone a wonderful opportunity to learn more about her inspiring life. The children enjoyed a special assembly along with engaging classroom activities and other fun projects. After making their beautiful flower crowns, we then visited the Prayer Garden, where they thoughtfully recited the Hail Mary while exploring this peaceful space. It was a memorable day filled with learning, creativity, and reflection.

Autumn 1 Week 2

Maths

Summer 2 Week 3

This week the children have been verbally practising counting to 20 and exploring the patterns of the counting system.

Summer 2 Week 4

This week the children have been consolidating their learning on number composition and doubling.

Phonics

We have now learnt all the phase 3 phonic sounds and are revising them. Please see the following: ELS_Sounds_Mat_Phase3.pdf . Please practice these HRSW at home : ELS_YR_HRS_Words.pdf.

Drawing Club

1^st week- Title: The Colour Monster Author: Anna Llenas

We read The Colour Monster, where children eagerly followed the character's journey as they identified their feelings and matched them to different colours. For example, yellow represents happiness. The children enjoyed exploring this vibrant book, which used a variety of mixed media and collage techniques throughout, making it both inviting and engaging. The children were asked to create their own character from the story and begin mark-making a “code” to bring their story to life.

Key Vocabulary: mixed up, confused, jumbled and feelings

2^nd Week- Title: The Gruffalo Author: Julia Donaldson

This timeless classic is one of the children's favourite books of all time: The Gruffalo. The children loved listening to the story; they enjoyed reenacting the scenes and recalling the characters and their memorable rhyming lines. We explored the way the characters appear in the forest, for example, by looking at their features. The children were then asked to create their own character from the book and write a code to bring their artwork to life.

Key Vocabulary: Stream, bellow, scrambled, roasted

For the vocabulary, we also came up with actions to go along with it.

St Rose's Catholic Infants School